Steelers Struggle in Key NFL Matchup Against Packers

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00:00You know, I had a game last night that was supposed to be the revenge game.

00:03That's why Sunday Night Football threw this game on Sunday night.

00:06I mean, I guess it was competitive for a while,

00:08but I never got the sense that the Steelers were going to win the game.

00:11Maybe that's my best assessment there.

00:1335 to 25 was the final.

00:16And I think, look, you know,

00:18Jordan Love did have a great game for 360 yards, three touchdowns.

00:22He played really well.

00:23I guess, Vinny, my question to you is,

00:25I know the Packers are going to be in this thing, right?

00:27It feels like Green Bay is a playoff team, a solid team,

00:30and a team that could go far.

00:31Are the Steelers that team also?

00:34Because I'm looking and seeing who they beat in the schedule,

00:36and I'm just not sure.

00:38Are we going down this road again where the Steelers are going to be like,

00:40you know, nine and eight and playing maybe in the playoffs, maybe not?

00:44It feels like a repeat of last year.

00:47Yeah, we might be.

00:48They're going to be home underdogs for the second consecutive week here

00:51with the Colts coming in.

00:53The Colts are right now around field goal favorites in that game.

00:56Going in, and this is a bad matchup for the Steelers.

01:00What do they struggle with?

01:01Stopping the run, stopping the tight end.

01:04Those are two things the Colts have in spades here with the way Johnson

01:07Taylor is running, the way Tyler Warren is playing.

01:10I mean, him and Tucker Craft are the most impactful tight ends so far this

01:15season in terms of changing their offenses around.

01:18So this is not great.

01:19I mean, and the Steelers might be slowly opening up the door.

01:22That's why the Bengals need to kick themselves for losing to the Jets.

01:27The Ravens are on track here to get right back in this thing.

01:31These teams have not played yet this season, so they still have a couple of

01:34matchups down the road.

01:35These schedules are hard for all the AFC North teams.

01:38So the Steelers have a bit of a tough stretch coming up to build on this Packers

01:43game, including the Colts, where it could get a lot tighter, where the Ravens

01:48could get in position if they can sweep the Steelers and Lamar Jackson's back.

01:52Then all of a sudden this division could tilt back in Baltimore's favor.